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2008 TRASH Regionals Round 10 Bonuses

1. He has directed such music videos as Kylie Minogue's "Come Into My World" and the White Stripes' "The Denial Twist." for ten points each:

1. Name this French director of Dave Chappelle's Block Party and The Science of Sleep. Answer: Michel Gondry 2. Two of Gondry's films, including Human Nature, were scripted by this Oscar winner, who recently made his directing debut with Synecdoche, . Answer: Charlie Kaufman 3. Gondry's Be Kind Rewind coined this term, which is defined as "re-making something from scratch using whatever you can get your hands on." Answer: sweding [swee-ding]

2. Crazy poultry, for ten points each.

1. An item off of a Chinese food menu was the source of this Seth Green and Matthew Senreich stop-motion animated series on Adult Swin. Answer: Robot Chicken 2. Their existence is used as an argument by animal rights advocates that hens asphyxiated by carbon dioxide poisoning are not killed humanely since some of them seemingly rise from the dead after being buried in sawdust for compost. Answer: Zombie Chickens 3. This 2006 musical/horror/comedy explores undead revenge at the American Chicken Bunker fast food store built on the Tromahawk Indian burial ground after Arby and Wendy consummate their relationship on the grounds before its construction. Answer: Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead

3. Answer the following question about the song "Stan" for ten points.

1. "Stan" extensively samples the song "Thank You," the biggest hit to date by this English singer, including some of her vocals. She also appears in the video as Stan's girlfriend. Answer: Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong 2. The title character references the popular urban legend about this Phil Collins song, supposedly about Collins witnessing a bystander who failed to save a drowning person -- though Stan gets the title wrong. Answer: "In The Air Tonight" 3. The character Stan might be the same character from this previous Eminem song. In that song from The Slim Shady LP, a duet with Dr. Dre, Stan is a 21-year old who takes advantage of a young girl at a rave party. Dre is the voice of the title entity. Answer: "Guilty Conscience"

4. Channel your inner Hawk and name these skateboard terms.

1. Named after Allen Gelfand, this is basically a "no-hands aerial": going up in the air without grasping the board. Answer: Ollie 2. Putting the right foot forward on the board. Answer: Goofy 3. Riding the skateboard backwards. Answer: Fakie 5. Regrets, I've had a few. So have some legendary actors. For ten points each, answer questions about less-than- honorable performances from A-listers.

1. The Reverend Sun Myung Moon hand-picked this revered British stage and film star to play General Douglas MacArthur in the 1982 big-budget flop Inchon. Answer: Laurence Olivier 2. Meryl Streep dipped into comedy twenty years before Mamma Mia! with this 1989 bomb co-starring Roseanne Barr and Ed Begley, Jr. Answer: She-Devil 3. Even in interviews months before his September 2008 death, Paul Newman listed this 1954 sword-and-sandal epic, his debut movie, as his worst role. He famously took out a trade ad to apologize for his work. Answer: The Silver Chalice

6. Admit it, you watched the gymnastics competition from Beijing. For ten points each, name the American who...

1. Won the only individual event gold, winning the balance beam. Answer: Shawn Johnson 2. Fell during the vault and balance beam portions of the team competition, resulting in deductions that were blamed for the US losing the gold to China. Answer: Alicia Sacramone 3. Was the only American male to win an individual medal, taking the silver in the horizontal bar. Answer: Jonathan Horton

7. Answer the following about a comic book imprint for ten points each.

1. Launched in 1993, this DC comics brand included Sandman, Hellblazer, and Swamp Thing. Answer: Vertigo 2. In Vertigo's current lineup is this piece of noir written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Eduardo Risso; in its storylines a man offers victims a photo of their tormentor, a weapon, and the title objects, which are untraceable. Answer: 100 bullets 3. Finishing its 60-issue run in January was this series written by Brian Vaughan, featuring Yorick Brown as the sole survivor of an event that wipes out half of humanity. Answer: Y: The Last Man

8. Name these shows that aired in the 1990s on Comedy Central for ten points each.

1. Later airing on the Sci-Fi channel, this show feaured Crow T. Robot, Tom Servo, and a human supplying humorous commentary to awful films. Answer: Mystery Science Theater 3000 or MST3K 2. Each season of this television show created by a namesake improv troupe featured a running gag, such as the drug Supercool or the violent sport Thunderball, as part of the group's mandate to cause chaos wherever possible. Answer: Upright Citizens Brigade 3. This game show revival hosted by Ken Ober in 1997 and Mark Cohen in 1998 involved contestants implicitly issuing the title challenge. Answer: Make Me Laugh

9. Identify the following about N64 sequels to games on prior systems for ten points each.

1. Up to four-people can match up colored capsules to eliminate viruses in the N64 edition of this puzzle game. Answer: Dr. Mario (accept Dr. Mario 64) 2. There are 26 new drivers and vehicles in this sequel to an SNES game. The original four drivers, such as Captain Falcon, are still playable. Answer: F-Zero X 3. Ayumi, Dave, Ryota, and Miles are the four playable characters in the sequel to this 1992 Game Boy game. Answer: Wave Race 10. What happens when an artist doesn't sell on iTunes? Mixed results. Answer the following for ten points each.

1. This Kid Rock song that samples heavily from Lynyrd Skynyrd was withheld from iTunes. The result: at one point, a cover by the karaoke company Hit Masters eclipsed it on the Billboard charts. Answer: "All Summer Long" 2. This legendary rock band only sold their new Black Ice in Wal-Mart stores. The result: a debut at number one on the charts. Answer: AC/DC 3. This British band has had a longstanding feud with Apple about the availability of individual songs on iTunes and a tentative agreement to release the 1994 EP single My Iron Lung fell apart. Results are inconclusive, but they seem to be doing well. Answer: Radiohead

11. For ten points each, answer these questions about multiple title winners in European club soccer.

1. This Scottish team is the only European side to record a quadruple, winning their domestic league, their primary and secondary domestic cups, and the European Cup (now Champions League) in 1966-67. Answer: Celtic FC 2. This English team was the last to pull of the treble, winning the league, primary cup, and Champions' League in the 1998-99 season. Answer: Manchester United 3. This Portuguese side was the last team to win the Champions League while holding the UEFA Cup, knocking off AC Monaco in 2004 to take the league. Answer: FC Porto

12. It's all about song choice. For ten points each, answer these questions about season 7 contestants and their more baffling choices for material.

1. Jason Castro befuddled Sir himself by choosing to sing this number from Cats, which in the show is performed by an aging feline diva. Answer: "Memories" 2. While other contestants chose more obvious inspirational songs for the week, tapped this Queen song for her performance. Answer: "The Show Must Go On" 3. Rather than select something like "," with an existing country flavor, tried to shoehorn this song from Beatles for Sale into a country beat, with very poor results. Answer: ""

13. The most godforsaken place on the east coast? Not so bad really. For ten points each, answer questions about a locality.

1. Keith Olbermann got in trouble with his bosses back in 1997 by naming this city "god-forsaken" in a five questions segment with original Daily Show host Craig Kilborn. Answer: Bristol, Connecticut 2. Olbermann and Kilborn both spent time in Bristol while working at this "Worldwide Leader" headquartered there. Answer: ESPN 3. While not to the cosmopolitan broadcaster's liking, Olbermann's sense of history should have appreciated this Bristol amusement park's standing as the oldest continuously operating park in America, home of the Wildcat roller coaster. Answer: Lake Compounce 14. Given clues about a band member, for ten points each name the '90s rock band that lost one of its members to heroin overdoses.

1. Brad Nowell, the lead singer and guitarist died of a heroin overdose just as this band's self-titled major label debut album was about to be released. Answer: Sublime 2. In 2002, Layne Staley, frontman of this multi-platinum band, was found dead of a heroin overdose. Answer: Alice In Chains 3. Only days after her decision to leave this band and return to , bassist Kristen Pfaff was found dead of a heroin overdose in 1995. Answer: Hole

15. King of the Hill finally got the axe. Dang it! In its honor, and for ten points each, name the resident of Arlen, Texas who...

1. Is the actual father of Joseph Gribble. Answer: John Redcorn 2. Originally grew up on a ranch in Montana, and moved to Arlen during high school. Answer: Peggy Hill 3. Played the fiddle in the Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience. Answer: Kahn "Connie" Souphanousinphone, Jr.

16. Answer questions about a familiar question in pop culture, for ten points each.

1. Mike LaFontaine, a character played by Fred Willard in A Mighty Wind, first found fame as the catch phrase- spouting character on this 1970's fictional sitcom. Answer: Wha' Happened? 2. What Happened was the Spring 2008 book from this former White House Press Secretary who served between Ari Fleischer and Tony Snow. Answer: Scott McClellan 3. Elvis: What Happened? was released in May 1977 by Red and Sonny West, as well as Dave Hebler, who were known as part of this insular group of yes-men from southwest Tennessee. Answer: The Memphis Mafia

17. In 2008 he became the first American League player to lead the league in home runs with fewer than 40 since 1989. For ten points each:

1. Name the Detroit Tigers infielder whose 37 dingers led the AL. Answer: Miguel Cabrera 2. In 1989 this player, nicknamed "The Crime Dog" led the AL with 36 homers for Toronto. Answer: Fred McGriff 3. In the National League, Ryan Howard's 48 homers made him the first NLer to lead the league with fewer than 50 homers since 2004, when this Dodgers third baseman led the league, also with 48. Answer: Adrian Beltre

18. It deals with a man suspected of being a Jack the Ripper-like serial killer called "The Avenger." for ten points each:

1. Name this 1927 silent film, the first of many suspense thrillers directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Answer: The Lodger 2. The Lodger was produced and edited by Mr. Montagu, a famous film critic and table tennis champion, and starred Mr. Novello, who also played the lead in a 1932 sound remake. What unusual first name did these two men share? Answer: Ivor 3. Ivor Novello was depicted by Jeremy Northam as a closeted homosexual in this 2001 Robert Altman murder mystery. Answer: Gosford Park 19. Authors of cookbooks who aren't trained chefs, for ten points each:

1. She had both a TV show and a book titled 30 Minute Meals. Answer: Rachael Ray 2. This Esquire contributor wrote The Food You Want to Eat: 100 Smart, Simple Recipes and recently got his own Food Network show, Food Detectives. Answer: Ted Allen 3. This author of the New York Times column "The Minimalist" wrote How to Cook Everything. Answer: Mark Bittman

20. Identify the following famous aerialists, for ten points each.

1. Tragedy struck this legendary dynasty of circus tightrope walkers in 1962 when their seven-person pyramid collapsed and one person was paralyzed and another two died. Answer: The Flying Wallendas 2. The Great Blondin gained fame in the 19th century for many daring stunts crossing this international border landmark, including carrying a man on his back across it, as well as stopping to cook an omelet in the middle of another crossing. Answer: Niagara Falls 3. This French street performer's major claim to fame was walking a cable between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in 1974 after he and his crew snuck up disguised as workmen. Answer: Philippe Petit

21. For ten points each, answer these questions about secondary characters on the show Angel.

1. Holland Manners, Linwood Murrow, Lindsey McDonald, and Lilah Morgan are among those who worked at this sinister law firm that employed Angel. Answer: Wolfram & Hart 2. This empathy demon is able to read people's futures when they sing karaoke, which he hosts at his neutral-site bar open to both humans and demons. Answer: Lorne 3. This blonde sired Angel, became human, became a vampire again, and then gave birth to Angel's human son, Connor, who aged 17 years during season three. If she could walk in daylight, she would have water-skied over a shark. Answer: Darla

22. For ten points each, name these Laura Branigan songs:

1. Branigan hit #12 with this song in 1983, but co-writer Michael Bolton later took it to #1 in 1989. Answer: "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" 2. Her first big hit was this translation of an Italian pop hit which asks, "Are the voices in your head calling?" Answer: "Gloria" 3. Branigan was the last performer on the ABC version of American Bandstand when she did this track of the album Touch which did well on the dance charts but peaked at #48 on the Billboard Hot 100. Answer: "Shattered Glass"